Newsletter: Should America End Birthright Citizenship?

Presented in Partnership with Arizona State University's Institute of Politics and Arizona PBS   ARGUING YES Mark Krikorian Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies   ARGUING YES Horace Cooper Senior Fellow at the…

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Newsletter: Should America End Birthright Citizenship?
Presented in Partnership with Arizona State University's Institute of Politics and Arizona PBS   ARGUING YES Mark Krikorian Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies   ARGUING YES Horace Cooper Senior Fellow at the…
October 27, 2025

Newsletter: Is War Inevitable?
ARGUING YES Dylan Motin Visiting Scholar at the Seoul National University Asia Center   ARGUING NO Gabrielle Rifkind Conflict Mediator; Director of Oxford Process   MODERATOR John Donvan Host and Moderator-in-Chief   This week: New…
October 12, 2025

Newsletter: Wartime Kill Switch: Human or AI?
ARGUING “HUMAN” Laura Walker McDonald Senior Advisor for New Technologies & Conflict at the International Committee of the Red Cross     ARGUING “HUMAN” Elliot Ackerman Former Marine Raider Officer, CIA Special Activities Officer, and…
October 6, 2025

Newsletter: Was COVID a Public Health Failure or Did Society Fail Public Health?
Presented in Partnership with the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University   Dr. Jerome Adams 20th Surgeon General of the United States   Doctor Mike Varshavski Board-certified Family Medicine Physician, UNICEF Ambassador, and Influencer…
September 29, 2025

Newsletter: Is Masculinity A Prison?
ARGUING YES Lux Alptraum Writer and Sex Educator   ARGUING NO Mike Pesca Host of "The Gist" Podcast   GUEST MODERATOR Nayeema Raza Journalist and Host of "Smart Girl Dumb Questions"   This week: New…
September 22, 2025

Debate Should Never Be a Death Sentence
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered in Utah yesterday for doing something that should never carry such a risk in America: speaking his mind on a college campus. He was killed in the middle of…
September 11, 2025

Newsletter - TikTok in the Classroom: Enhancing or Eroding the Teaching Profession?
ARGUING “ENHANCING” Phil Cook Education Influencer and High School Chemistry Teacher   ARGUING “ERODING” Adrian Dingle Second Schoolteacher and Education Consultant   MODERATOR John Donvan Host and Moderator-in-Chief   This week: New episode: Should TikTok…
September 11, 2025

Newsletter: Should the U.S. Be Ruled by a CEO Dictator?
ARGUING YES Curtis Yarvin Anti-Democracy theorist and Tech Entrepreneur   ARGUING NO E. Glen Weyl Founder of the RadicalxChange Foundation and Plurality Institute   MODERATOR John Donvan Host and Moderator-in-Chief   This week: New episode: Should…
September 8, 2025

Newsletter: Don't Eat Anything With A Face
FOR THE MOTION Neal Barnard Clinical Researcher, Author of "21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart"   FOR THE MOTION Gene Baur President and Co-Founder of the Farm Sanctuary   AGAINST THE MOTION Chris Masterjohn Nutritional Sciences Researcher;…
September 2, 2025

Newsletter: Style vs. Sustainability?
ARGUING “SHOP” Katherine Mangu-Ward Editor-in-Chief of Reason   ARGUING “STOP” Kenneth Pucker Former COO of Timberland; Professor at The Fletcher School at Tufts University   MODERATOR John Donvan Host and Moderator-in-Chief   This week: Fast…
August 25, 2025

Newsletter: Is Our Productivity Culture Toxic?
ARGUING YES Jennifer Moss Workplace Culture Expert; Author of "The Burnout Epidemic"   ARGUING YES Rahaf Harfoush Digital Anthropologist and New York Times Best-Selling Author   ARGUING NO David Allen Creator of the "Getting Things…
August 18, 2025

Newsletter: Is It Time for the Catholic Church to Ordain Women as Deacons?
ARGUING YES Casey Stanton Co-director of Discerning Deacons   ARGUING NO Pia de Solenni Theologian; Former Chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange in California   MODERATOR Nayeema Raza Journalist and Host of "Smart…
August 11, 2025
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